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F. G. HARTBLL. VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1903.

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Patented April 19, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK G. HARTELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO- THIRDS TOYANCEY Q. CALDWV-ELL, OF PARIS, TENNESSEE, AND LOUIS M. MARTIN, OFMARTIN, TENNESSEE.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,007, dated April19, 1904.

Application filed June 1, 1903. Serial No. 159,692. (No model.)

To all whom, it natty concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK G. HAR- TELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in vending-machines.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this character inwhich the goodsreceptacle is movable toward and from the point ofdelivery.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a device of thischaracter in which the delivery slot, slide, or other opening is soarranged with respect to the reservoir or receptacle that such reservoiror receptacle must be moved toward and from the slot or slide to effectthe delivery of the goods.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a support for thearticle or articles to be delivered, such support being so arranged anddisposed as to move to releasing or dis charging position only after thegoods receptacle or reservoir has been moved to closed or inoperativeposition.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a supportyieldable under the weight or variation in size of the articles to bedelivcred.

NVith these and other objects in View, as will hereinafter more fullyappear, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangementof parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it beingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, andminor details of the structure may be made without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of acoin-controlled machine constructed in accordance with the invention.Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view of a portion of the device .on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of oneof the clamping andholding devices for the cigar-box or other receptacle in which the goodsare contained. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a portion of the mechanism forcontrolling the operation of the delivery mechanism. Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view of the locking catch and trip for holding thegoods-receptacle from movement until after the insertion of a coin. Fig.7 is a View of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 2, the partsbeing illustrated in different position.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The device forming the subject of the present invention is designed forthe vending of articles of any kind and while in the present instance isillustrated as employed in connection with the vending of cigars it isto be understood that it may be employed in connection with machines forvending articles of any character by a suitable alteration in the shapeof the delivery device or that it may be used in connection with othermachines-such as those used for weighing, testing-machines, or thelikewithout departing from the inven tion.

In the drawings, 1 designates a suitable casing, formed of wood ormetal, the upper portion of said casing being preferably provided withglass panels 2 in order that the character of the goods may bedisplayed. As the machine in the present instance is designed for thesale of cigars, there is shown a cigar-box 3, the cover of which isturned in such manner as to display the label or the name of the cigarat one side of the machine.

The lower portion of the casing contains the mechanism for controllingthe movement of the delivery device, while the upper portion is utilizedfor the display of the goods. These two portions of the casing areseparated from each other by a horizontal flooring 4:, having atransversely-disposed slot 5, through which the goods are discharged androll or slide through a chute 6 to a discharge-opening 7, arranged atthe front of the machine. In the flooring or partition 4 are twolongitudinallydisposed slots 8, extending from the front to the rear ofthe machine, and in'these slots are guiding-bars 9, fitting in slottedbars 10, that carry standards to which the cigar-box or othergoods-receptacle is secured. The bars are rigidly secured together by atransversely-disposed plate 11, and to the front ends of said bars aresecured rods 12, extending out through suitable guiding-openings in thefront portion of the casing and connected by a crossbar 13, which formsa handle or pull for actuating the delivery mechanism. In the front endof the plate are arranged two slots or recesses 14 for the reception ofpivoted arms 15, the lower or front ends of which are rigidly secured toa transversely-disposed strip 16, having openings for the reception ofpins 17, depending from a goods-supporting bar 18. The rear ends of thearms are pivoted to the floor or horizontal partition 4. The bar 18 inthe present instance is shown as slightly concaved in order to adapt itfor the reception of a cigar; but its shape may be varied in any mannerin accordance with the size or shape of the articles to be sold. Thisbar is adapted to enter the slot 5 and to receive a singleartigoods-receptacle to its initial position the bar is allowed to fallin order to open the slot and permit the discharge of the goods throughthe chute 6. As there is necessarily some slight variation in the sizeof the article, it is desirable to employ a bar capable of yieldingmovement, and in the present instance this bar is shown as supported bysmall compressionsprings 20, which would yield if the article shouldproject above the face of the flooring or partition during the movementof the goodsreceptacle. During the operation of this portion of themechanism the outward movement of bar 13 causes the walls of therecesses 14 to engage the arms 15 and effect movement of the bar 18 intothe slot 5, the bar remaining in this position during outward movementof the cigar-box or other receptacle and receiving therefrom a cigar orother article to be sold, and after the return movement of thereceptacle the bar will fall by gravity to the discharge-mouth.

The lower bars 10 are provided with integral standards, and to these andto the upper faces of the base-bars 10 are secured rightangled frames21, the frames being provided with slots 22 for the passage ofsecuringscrews 23, which extend into threaded openings in the standardsand base-bars and permit the necessary adjustment for receptacles ofdifferent width. Between the standards and the vertical members of theframes 21 is placed a sheet of glass 24, which forms the front of areceptacle 3, and said receptacle is confined in place by pointedset-screws 25, ex-

tending through arms 26, carried by the frames. Inasmuch as the casingis not of suflicient height to permit the introductionof the cigar-boxesor similar receptacles in a vertical direction, the horizontal portionsof the frames are made in two sections and connected by a pivot-pin 27,(see Fig. 4,) so as to permit the turning of the front portion of theframe to a horizontal position for convenience in placing the box inposition. To prevent accidental movement of the receptacle, the framesare locked by pivoted strips 28, carried by one portion of the frame andadapted to extend across the hinge or pivot point.

At a point below the partition or flooring4 are arranged brackets orlugs for the reception of a rock-shaft 30, to one end of which isconnected a rocker-arm 31, that receives movement after the insertion ofa coin of proper denomination and the subsequent movement of thecoin-slide. The opposite end of the rock-shaft carries a hook or catch33, adapted to engage with one or more teeth 34 on the under side of theplate 11 and normally held up in engaging position by a suitable spring.To the bracket is secured a projecting arm 35, at the outer end of whichis pivoted a hook 36, adapted to engage a pin 37 projecting from oneside of the hook 33, and when so engaged serving to lockthe latter hookin inoperative position and permit outward movement of the cigar orother receptacle. To one side of the hook 36 is pivoted a trip 38,movement of which in one direction is prevented by a pin 39, projectingfrom one side of the hook 36. The upper end of the trip projects forsome distance above the outer upper end of the hook 36, and the lowerend of the trip is provided with a projecting pin 40, which is connectedby a spring 41 to a pin projecting from the bracket-arm 35. arrangedthat after the downward movement of the rocker-arm 31 and hook 33 tounlocking position the hook 36 will engage with and hold the pin 37 andretain the hook 33 in unlocked position. This permits outward movementof the plate 11 and the cigar-box or other receptacle, and during suchoutward movement a pendent lug 42, carried by the plate 11, comes intoengagement with the trip 38 and moves the hook 36 from engagement withthe pin 37, permitting the latter and the hook 33 to rise and remain insuch position that on the return movement of the plate and receptaclethe hook will engage with one or other of the teeth 34. While only asingle tooth is necessary in the operation of the ma chine, it isadvisable to employ a plurality of teeth in order to prevent thedischarge of more than a single article on the insertion of a singlecoin, it being possible in ordinary machines to obtain more than asingle article by manipulating the delivery mechanism in such manner asto prevent its being locked in place.

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This mechanism is so In order to operate the rocker-arm 31 and hook 33,I employ'a pivoted lever 43, having a linked connection with therocker-arm 31 and the opposite end of said lever being adapted to bearagainst the upper surface of a coin in the coin-chute, the coin beingforced into engagement with said lever by means of a slide 45, having arod extending out through the front of the casing and provided with aterminal push-knob 4:7, by which the slide may be manipulated to force acoin into engagement with the lever 43.

It will be observed that during the operation of the machine thecigar-box or other receptacle is moved bodily over the dischargeslot,and one or more of the articles enter such slot and remain therein untilthe receptacle has about completed its return movement to initialposition, after which and during or at the completion of this returnmovement the bar 18 is allowed to fall to deliver the article orarticles which it supports.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class specified, a goodsreceptacle, means for moving the sameover a delivery-opening, and means for temporarily closing the mouth ofthe opening during the movement of the goods-receptacle.

2. In a device of the class specified, a slid-' able goodsreceptacleopen at its lower end, a support having a delivery-opening, means formoving the goods-receptacle over such opening, and means for temporarilyclosing the mouth of the opening during the movement of thegoods-receptacle.

3. ha device of the class specified, a slidable goods-receptacle havingan open bottom, a support having a delivery-opening, means for movingthe receptacle to deliver goods to the opening, and means for partlyclosing said opening during the reciprocating movement of thegoods-receptacle.

I. In a device of the class specified, a goodsreceptacle having adischarge-opening, a support having a delivery-opening, means for movingthe goods-receptacle, and means for partly closing the opening duringthe reciprocating movement of the goods-receptacle to thereby limit thequantity discharged.

5. In a device of the class specified, a goodsreceptacle having adischarge-opening, a support having a delivery-opening, a bar adapted toenter the opening and limit the area of said opening, a pair of pivotedarms carrying said bar, and means associated with the goods-receptaclefor engaging said pivot-arms and moving the bar.

6. In a device of the class specified, a goodsreceptacle having adischarge-opening, a support having a delivery-opening, a bar adapted toenter said support and limit the area of said opening, and springsupporting means for said bar, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the class specified, a casing, a movablegoods-receptacle, means for discharging the goods therefrom, and agoodsreceptacle-supportin g device having a pivoted portion.

8. In a device of the class specified, a goodsreceptacle having adischarge-opening, means for discharging goods therefrom, a pair ofspaced supporting devices for the goods-receptacle, said supportingdevices being adjustable laterally for receptacles of different width,means for locking said supporting devices in adjusted position, andmeans connected to the supporting devices for permitting reciprocatingmovement thereof.

9. In a device of the class specified, a goodsreceptacle, means fordischarging goods therefrom, standards for engaging the front of thereceptacle and frames supported by the standards and adjustablelaterally to accommodate receptacles of different width.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK Gr. HARTELL.

Witnesses:

J. Ross CoLHoUN, JNo. E. PARKER.

